When we first meet Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical ... Zobraziť viac
Ve své prvotině Lhářův poker popisuje Michael Lewis, nadaný a vtipný vypravěč a posléze autor mnoha bestsellerů, svůj vstup do světa velkých financí, tedy léta 1985–1988, kdy pracoval na obchodním parketu Salomon Brothers v New Yorku a Londýně... Zobraziť viac
The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could ... Zobraziť viac
The young man at the centre of this 'compelling book' ("The Economist") will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When Michael Lewis introduces him to the reader, he is one of thirteen children ... Zobraziť viac
